Happy Birthday to Meeeeeee

Today is the day I came out of my momma and graced everyone with my presence.. ha ha. 20 years old.. ugh. I'm not sure why this bugs me, maybe because I'm half way to 40.. and that's just something I don't want to think about. This day should really be to celebrate my beautiful mom, who suffered through 9 months of being pregnant, 18 hours of labour, and then having to push my big head out of her.. anyone who's known me since I was a baby, will know my nickname was "baby big head." My poor momma. Thank you for everything you've done for me, Mom. I love you.
Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

My yummy birthday cake!

My birthday present from Jaedyn. :)

My new laptop from my mom, grandma and step dad.

And of course, my mom wanted a picture of me with my cake, ha ha.

My mom made the most delicous dinner! Chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, stuffing and veggies with cheese sauce... it was sooooo good! Glad I got to spend my birthday.. well day before birthday, with my family. I love them all so much! :)

Painting with Puddin'

Once again, it's been quite awhile since I blogged, buuuuut I thought since I now have a new laptop (My little stinker decided to break my last one), maybe I'll get back into blogging... Ya right hey? I thought I'd do a fun yet messy post tonight.. painting with pudding.

My little artist hard at work painting, eating the pudding.

Once again, eating his artwork.

It's artwork and a treat all wrapped in one! All I did was take a package of instant Vanilla pudding, followed the instructions on the pakage, then divided it into four cups. I then added a few drops of food coloring to each cup, annd voila. Super messy buuut so worth it. He went straight to the tub after this, diaper and everything.
Hope you enjoyed our messy fun, I will write again soon...hopefully! ha ha.

Messy hands, and pudding faces
~Kaylaaaa and her peanut.

A Splashin' Good Time!

I thought today would be a great day to buy Jaedyn a little swimming pool since it was really warm out. We found one, brought it home and started setting it up but realized it was actually pretty big. I tried to fill it up but it was taking forever... soooo to keep Jaedyn entertained since he couldn't go in his pool, we did the next best thing....

Jaedyn having a blast splashing water everywhere. He thought it was pretty funny to throw water at me, haha.

He decided that he'd have even more fun if he just got right into the bucket! 

I thought he was finished playing in the water, so I took off his swimming clothes and dried him off.. then he figured he'd go for one last dip in the water.. so that is why he is naked, ha ha.

Hopefully we can get the pool set up soon, but we had just as much fun splashin' in the bucket! :)

Weekend Adventures

Today we all went out to McLoud Lake for a barbecue dinner at Grandma & Grandpa's house.. well.. I wouldn't call it dinner, cause we ate at 2:30 but close enough ha ha. Here are some pictures of our little adventure. :)

Jaedyn being an AWESOME little man in his carseat. He watched Toopy and Binoo the whole way there, and back. He didn't cry at all which is great because he hates being strapped into anything. Thank god for portable dvd players, ha ha. 

He makes the silliest faces sometimes, ha ha. Just walking around the yard, happy to be out of the truck! 

Grandma Cindy chasing Jaedyn around the yard.. you sure get your exercise in when Jaedyn's around ha ha.

Eating freezies for the first time.. he LOVED them!

Sittin' in a flower pot thingy, playing with some soccer balls.. my boy is kinda silly! This is the end of the pictures, I didn't take very many. We had a great time, the food was great and got to visit family! Can't wait to do it again soon:)

Creating a Masterpiece!

It's been forever since I've written a blog post, I plan on writing more, I just suck at sticking with it.  I figured the first post I will do is my little peanut fingerpainting! 

Trying to figuire out what the heck this stuff is, ha ha.

"I'm getting the hang of this mom!"

"I think my legs and the floor need a little bit of color"

"I've painted three pictures, my show is on, I'm done for today"

I threw him in the tub, and didn't even take off his diaper, ha ha. He eventually got clean, but was a little bit stained here and there. He had fun! Our next finger painting adventure will be with pudding, then he can actually eat it too!

And this is the finished product! Beautiful hey?! My little artist. 

Cutie-Pa-Tootieeeee!

Jaedyn loves his new Mickey Mouse train. He pushes it around all the time and loves pressing all the different things on it! I loved these pictures cause they're so colorful! He's such a cutie!

It's My Party & I'll Cry If I Want To

Well I had a very busy weekend, and then was being lazy this week and this blog was taking awhile to write sooo that's why it's now being posted on Thursday ha ha! I'll start off with Friday, March 16th, which was Jaedyn's birthday. I didn't get too many pictures as we were busy getting ready for his party on Saturday, but here's a few!  

We had blown up about 50 balloons the night before, so when Jaedyn woke up, there were balloons all over the living room floor. He loved it! 

Trying to chew the wrapping paper off his Barney Dvd!

Opening his new musical soccer ball!

Monkey cake I made for Jaedyn.  :) 

This picture was from Saturday at Jaedyn's party. I didn't get any at the beginning of the party because Jaedyn cried the entire time and wouldn't let me put him down. He was being super shy since so many people were there staring at him! ha ha. 

Opening more presents with Grandma Cindy. Well Jaedyn's busy chewing on ribbon instead of opening his present, ha ha.

Grandma Bridget pushing Jaedyn around on his new Mickey Mouse train!  

Kylee, Chailyn and the twins playing in Jaedyn's bedroom. :) 

He hated it when everyone sang Happy Birthday, poor guy started crying but then we put the cake in front of his and he was happy, ha ha. 

Jaedyn's other birthday cake, that everyone else got to eat! 

"Get me outa this chair mom!!"

And that's the end of the pictures of Jaedyn's birthday weekend! Everything turned out great, and thank you everyone who came. Jaedyn got spoiled! :)
xo; Kayla and Mr. Monkey Man!

Happy First Birthday Little Man

Happy First Birthday Jaedyn! I can't believe it has already been a year. It feels like yesterday that I was in the hospital, waiting to meet my little man. But here we are, one year later. Jaedyn changed my life. He turned a horrible situation into something amazing. I honestly don't know where I'd be right now if it weren't for him. This past year has been tough at times, but for every bad or difficult time, there has been so many more good times. He brings a smile to my face with every little thing he does. I'm so lucky to be the mom of such an amazing little boy. I love you more than anything in the world Jaedyn. 

What Jaedyn does at One Years Old!

Walks

Climbs on EVERYTHING!

Says mom and is starting to say baby and ball

Touches his head when I ask "Jaedyn where's your head"

Picks up his stuffed monkey when I ask "Jaedyn where's your monkey?"

Starting to clap his hands

Plays peek-a-boo

My smart little man learns more and more every day!
Momma loves you so much peanut!!
xo; Mommy :)

Card Storage

We all get a ton of cards on special occasions like a new baby or Christmas. I never know what to do with all of them. Do I throw them away? Put them in a box and forget about them? I didn't want to do either so I made this little book to hold all of the cards I got when Jaedyn was born.

It was pretty simple to make. I took a cereal box and cut out two pieces for the front and back covers. To figuire out the size I needed fo the covers, I just took the dimensions of my largest card, and added half an inch on each side. I then glued down pattern paper on the covers.

To hold all of the cards inside the book, I hole punched the top left corner of every card and the covers. Then put a binder ring through all of the holes.

I tied a ribbon around the whole book to keep all of the cards in place. Center the ribbon, glue it to the back cover, then tie it in a bow at the front annnd you're done!

It's really easy to make! If you're not a crafty person, then instead of cutting/decorating front and back covers, you could just hole punch the corner of every card and put a binder ring through all of them. If you don't want the cards to flop all over the place, then tied a ribbon or any type of string around it to keep them all together.

Hope you liked this! I will definitly be making more of these for all of our birthday and Christmas cards. :)

xo; Kayla

Adventures at Micky D's!

Being home all day, everyday with a baby gets a little... boring? For the both of us! It's been hard to take him anywhere since it's winter, but the snow is melting and it's getting warmer. Yesterday we decided to go to McDonalds for a muffin and some playtime! Jaedyn loves it there. 

Here's my peanut, eating his muffin, waiting to go play! One of these days, he's going to turn into a muffin, I swear! He loves them, and since he is SO picky.. he gets muffins a lot. Ha ha. 

Ordering some food at the "drive through". 

I had to put this cause he's just so cute! I'm sure every mother says that about there child.. but he really is soo flippin' cute!!! Ha ha.

I wanted to take him down the slide, but I was afraid I'd get stuck going through all the tubey things, and Jaedyn was just scared to go into there, ha ha. So we did the next best thing; pretend to slide down! 

Okay, this was just so gross! Inside there, there is SO much dirt between all the little cracks. Of course, Jaedyn noticed and decided he didn't eat enough muffin, he had to eat some dirt too. I pulled him away, but he just kept going back now that he knew there was dirt he could eat. I don't starve him, I swear!! ha ha. I decided since I couldn't keep him away from the dirt, it was time to go! So we packed up all of our stuff, got into the stroller (he did, not me, ha ha) and off we went! Of course it decided it was going to hail on our way home and be super windy, but we made it home!

Hope you enjoyed joining us for our adventure at McDonalds! :)
Lots of love;
-Kayla and her peanut

Who Doesn't Love a Cute Baby

Here are some cute pictures I have taken recently of my little peanut!  

20 Random Facts About Me

1.I prefer to read over watching tv.

2.I would love to write a book someday.

3. I went to 9 different schools.

4.I have always wanted to be a teacher.

5. My mom is my best friend.

6.I have only spent one night away from Jaedyn and he's almost one years old.

7.I play solitaire on my ipod everynight before I go to bed.

8.I wish I could wear flip flops all year round.

9.I talk to my mom on the phone atleast 5 times a day, sometimes more.

10.I want to have 5 kids.

11.I would love to be a Make-up Artist.

12.I am addicted to hershey's kisses.

13.I hate being alone.

14.I get separation anxiety when someone leaves.

15. I didn't know how to do laundry until I was atleast 15, maybe older. 

16. I'm super impatient... when I want something, I want it now. 

17. I've always loved school work, but hated actually going to school.

18. I am a very crafty person.

19. I hate grocery shopping.

20. I love my life.

Easy Peasy Fruit Parfaits!

This is such an easy and yummy treat that everyone will enjoy! 

It only takes a few things to make these and they are SO yummy! They make a good breakfast, snack or desert. Jaedyn loves them and so do I! Just scoop out some Vanilla yogurt into the container, I fill mine about 2/3 of the way. I then take the frozen strawberries and cut them into strips (For Jaedyn I cut them smaller). I sprinkle the strawberries and a few blueberries(also frozen) on top of the yogurt, annnnd VOILA! (You could also add some crushed peanuts!)

They are soooo yummy! I let mine sit for a few minutes so the berries unthaw just a little. Would make a great snack on a hot day. I am sure lots of people know how to make these as they are super simple, but I just wanted to share cause Jaedyn and I love them. :)

Imperfection is Beautiful

Welcome to my blog, so glad you stopped by! Let me start off by saying that this blog will be far from perfect, just like my life. I wear my pajamas most of the time, with no makeup and hair in a ponytail. My windows have sticky handprints, there are dishes in my sink, and clutter on my fridge. My Friday nights consist of dirty diapers, sesame street and sippy cups of milk. Too many nights is dinner made with one hand in about 10 minutes. It is a big accomplishment when dinner is eaten instead of thrown on the floor, and there are no tears at bedtime. Our house is filled with laughter, smiles and sometimes tears, but that's what makes a house, a home. My life is not glamorous, nor is it perfect, but I wouldn't change a thing. Feel free to join us on our journey through life. You never know what tomorrow will bring.

Lots of love

; Kayla